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Pedro Hernandez, 51, is charged with killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 after he confessed to the crime in May 2012. Investigators said he told them he was a teenage stock clerk at a convenience store when Etan disappeared on his way to school on May 25, 1979. He allegedly said he lured the child to the basement with the promise of a soda, choked him and left his body in a bag of trash about a block away.

On Nov. 15, 2012, his lawyer Harvey Fishbein said in court that Hernandez made a false confession and will plead not guilty in slaying the boy. He was ordered held without bail until his next court date set for Dec. 12, 2012.

AbovePedro Hernandez appears in Manhattan criminal court with his attorney Harvey Fishbein, on Nov. 15, 2012, in New York

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Etan Patz was 6-years-old when he disappeared on May 25, 1979 on his way to school from his Manhattan apartment. His disappearance led to an intensive search and spawned a movement to publicize cases of missing children. His photo was among the first put on milk cartons and his case turned May 25 into National Missing Children's Day.

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Harvey Fishbein, lawyer for Pedro Hernandez, speaks during a news conference outside court on Nov. 15, 2012 in New York. Hernandez was in court for a brief proceeding and ordered held without bail until his next court date set for Dec. 12

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Pedro Hernandez appears in Manhattan criminal court on Nov. 15, 2012, in New York

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Robert Gottlieb, center, lawyer for the family of Pedro Hernandez, speaks during a news conference outside court on Nov. 15, 2012, in New York. Hernandez was in court for a brief proceeding and ordered held without bail until his next court date set for Dec. 12

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Pedro Hernandez appears in Manhattan criminal court with his attorney Harvey Fishbein on Nov. 15, 2012, in New York

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Harvey Fishbein, lawyer for Pedro Hernandez, speaks during a news conference outside court on Nov. 15, 2012, in New York. Hernandez was in court for a brief proceeding and ordered held without bail until his next court date set for Dec. 12

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Pedro Hernandez appears in Manhattan criminal court on Nov. 15, 2012, in New York

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Rosemary Hernandez (center) the wife of Pedro Hernandez, leaves court with their daughter Becky (second from right) on Nov. 15, 2012, in New York

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Pedro Hernandez appears in Manhattan criminal court on Nov. 15, 2012, in New York

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Rosemary Hernandez, the wife of Pedro Hernandez, leaves court on Nov. 15, 2012 in New York